Finance Business Partnership - Your Opinion and Insights

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Thank you for assisting The Outperformer on this research project. We take feedback from our community seriously and are continuously developing content, programs and other support to assist the development of the finance function. We greatly appreciate your time and openness in supporting what we do.

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* 1. Please share some basic details to assist with our research. Your details will be kept private and used to assist in the development of future programs and support to the finance community.

Name

Company

State/Province

Country

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Current Job Title/ Position

CFO or Senior Finance Executive

Finance Manager (Manager of Team)

Financial Analyst, Management or Financial Accountant

Assistant Accountant, Accounting Administration

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* 3. From a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 is exceptional, how do you currently rate your business partnership skills?

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i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 4. Has your organisation surveyed non-finance business leaders on the quality of financial support and partnership they receive?

Yes

Unsure

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* 5. Where do you believe most finance professionals are challenged when it comes to business partnership?

Making time to invest in business relationships

Active listening skills

Story-telling and engaging communication strategies

Trust and credibility

Knowledge and understanding of business

Confidence and pushing outside of comfort zone

Overuse of email

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* 6. On a scale of 0 to 10, how willing are non-finance leaders to embrace financial support in your organisation (assuming business partners are engaging, credible and impactful in their role)? (0 not accepting at all to 10 completely willing)

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* 7. How many times have you engaged in business partnership training, mentorship or support programs through your organisation?

Never

Once or twice

It has been a component of a number of programs provided or supported by our company

We have participated in a dedicated, long term business partnership program provided or supported by the company

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* 8. Do you believe your organisation views the finance function as 'value adding' overall?

Yes, absolutely

To some degree

Not at all

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* 9. Do you believe your finance function is structurally designed well to set business partners up for success?

Yes

Unsure

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* 10. In your current function, how much of your time is spent in what you would describe as a "low value" task?

0 - 20%

20 - 40%

40 - 60%

60 - 80%

80 - 100%

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* 11. If you have participated in a finance business partnership program that you thought was valuable and useful, what was it?

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* 12. Do you believe your organisation is doing enough to support the development a finance business partnership culture and development of the finance team?

Yes

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* 13. On a scale of 0 to 10, how influential do you believe you are in your business when it comes to driving business decisions and working with leadership? (0 not at all to 10 extremely influential)

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* 14. Would you like to discuss or explore the programs and support services we have and are developing related to finance business partnership?

Yes